Meta's Muse Spark 1.2 Hits Pareto Frontier at 1/5th of Claude's Cost

ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-08-07

According to the latest evaluation data from Artificial Analysis, Meta's Muse Spark 1.2 model performs exceptionally well on the Pareto frontier of Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task.

The model scores only 6 points lower in intelligence compared to Claude Opus 5 but at approximately 1/6th of the cost. Priced at $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $4.25 per 1M output tokens, it delivers intelligence comparable to Claude Opus 4.8 at a fifth of the cost per task, while significantly undercutting GPT-5.6.

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